Here’s how it works. Spirit was one of two Mars rovers launched by NASA in 2003 as part of the $800 million Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission. The rover arrived on Mars in January 2004 to ...

Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something shocking. Even though he had successfully led the entry, descent, and ...

Last summer, NASA’s Perseverance rover made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars when it detected carbon-based molecules, known as organics, that many scientists believe could hint at the possible ...

2, 2024, the 4,352nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The Mars rover’s tracks across the... NASA’s Curiosity captured this panorama using its Mastcam while heading west away from Gediz ...

While climbing Mar's Jezero Crater, NASA's rover snapped images of the tracks it left after some wheel slippage along the way. UConn coach Geno Auriemma becomes all-time wins leader in NCAA basketball ...

Held at the Riversands I-Hub venue in Fourways on October 26, 11 teams were invited to present their rovers’ readiness to circumnavigate the terrains of Mars. Read more: Bryanston resident ...

Mars and its tantalizing mysteries have spurred many space missions, each one revealing something new and compelling. NASA’s Perseverance rover has been a prolific source of remarkable discoveries ...

As Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy, potato-shaped shadow on the sun’s face as well as on the Martian surface. The Perseverance rover, currently ...

This "truly compelling sample" found by the rover could answer the question of whether life existed on Mars, Stack Morgan told Newsweek. The rock, which has been nicknamed Cheyava Falls ...

"Eye spy" a Martian moon passing in front of the Sun, creating a spooky sight as seen by NASA's Perseverance rover on the Red Planet. According to NASA, this partial eclipse from Phobos is visible on ...

NASA's Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian ... 19, on Martian day 1,243 of the Mars 2020 mission. Rocks on Earth that resemble the studied red Martian rocks typically get ...